Is it possible to disable the "Allow Starting in Reading Layout" option at
the document level instead of just at the application level.

The headers are an important part of most of my documents and I would like
them to be visible by default to people who I email my documents.

Thanks,

You have no control over how a user views your documents - nor should you.
If you want your documents to be viewed as you prepared them, you need to
consider sending them in PDF format, for which you will need additional
software.

--

Graham Mayor - Word MVP

My web site www.gmayor.com
Word MVP web site http://word.mvps.org


Chris wrote:
Is it possible to disable the "Allow Starting in Reading Layout"
option at the document level instead of just at the application level.

The headers are an important part of most of my documents and I would
like them to be visible by default to people who I email my documents.

Thanks,

Thanks for the reply.
The situation I am trying to address is that where I place my contact
information and page numbering in headers and footers.Then I use the
document sort of like e-stationary and attach it to e-mail.
I do have acrobat writer but word docs are often required.
I want to make sure that my contact information remains visible in all
reading modes a most users don't know one reading mode from another.
If you have any ideas on how best to address this issue I'd appreciate it.

Thanks,
Chris




"Graham Mayor" wrote in message
...
You have no control over how a user views your documents - nor should you.
If you want your documents to be viewed as you prepared them, you need to
consider sending them in PDF format, for which you will need additional
software.

--

Graham Mayor - Word MVP

My web site www.gmayor.com
Word MVP web site http://word.mvps.org


Chris wrote:
Is it possible to disable the "Allow Starting in Reading Layout"
option at the document level instead of just at the application level.

The headers are an important part of most of my documents and I would
like them to be visible by default to people who I email my documents.

Thanks,

Even if you could overcome the view issue, which you can't, there is also
the issue of reflow http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/Formatting/TextReflow.htm. If
the sensible option of PDF format is unacceptable, the alternative is to
create HTML files but I can foresee as many problems there.

If you are sending these documents unsolicited then as many users will
discard the lot as will read them and if they are solicited, why not simply
tell the user to set the view in the accompanying message?

--

Graham Mayor - Word MVP

My web site www.gmayor.com
Word MVP web site http://word.mvps.org


Chris wrote:
Thanks for the reply.
The situation I am trying to address is that where I place my contact
information and page numbering in headers and footers.Then I use the
document sort of like e-stationary and attach it to e-mail.
I do have acrobat writer but word docs are often required.
I want to make sure that my contact information remains visible in all
reading modes a most users don't know one reading mode from another.
If you have any ideas on how best to address this issue I'd
appreciate it.
Thanks,
Chris




"Graham Mayor" wrote in message
...
You have no control over how a user views your documents - nor
should you. If you want your documents to be viewed as you prepared
them, you need to consider sending them in PDF format, for which you
will need additional software.

--

Graham Mayor - Word MVP

My web site www.gmayor.com
Word MVP web site http://word.mvps.org


Chris wrote:
Is it possible to disable the "Allow Starting in Reading Layout"
option at the document level instead of just at the application
level. The headers are an important part of most of my documents and I
would like them to be visible by default to people who I email my
documents. Thanks,

Ok, I'll remove any information that is critical for display from the header
and use PDF's where acceptable.

Thanks for you direction with this,

Chris


"Graham Mayor" wrote in message
...
Even if you could overcome the view issue, which you can't, there is also
the issue of reflow http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/Formatting/TextReflow.htm.
If the sensible option of PDF format is unacceptable, the alternative is
to create HTML files but I can foresee as many problems there.

If you are sending these documents unsolicited then as many users will
discard the lot as will read them and if they are solicited, why not
simply tell the user to set the view in the accompanying message?

--

Graham Mayor - Word MVP

My web site www.gmayor.com
Word MVP web site http://word.mvps.org


Chris wrote:
Thanks for the reply.
The situation I am trying to address is that where I place my contact
information and page numbering in headers and footers.Then I use the
document sort of like e-stationary and attach it to e-mail.
I do have acrobat writer but word docs are often required.
I want to make sure that my contact information remains visible in all
reading modes a most users don't know one reading mode from another.
If you have any ideas on how best to address this issue I'd
appreciate it.
Thanks,
Chris




"Graham Mayor" wrote in message
...
You have no control over how a user views your documents - nor
should you. If you want your documents to be viewed as you prepared
them, you need to consider sending them in PDF format, for which you
will need additional software.

--

Graham Mayor - Word MVP

My web site www.gmayor.com
Word MVP web site http://word.mvps.org


Chris wrote:
Is it possible to disable the "Allow Starting in Reading Layout"
option at the document level instead of just at the application
level. The headers are an important part of most of my documents and I
would like them to be visible by default to people who I email my
documents. Thanks,